Barrel-filling stand



H. TIEKEQ BARREL FILLING STAND.

APPLICATION FILED IuIIE Io, Igzo.

1,369,856 i Wanted Mar. 1,1921.

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BARREL-FILLING STAND.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 10, 1920. Serial No. 387,993.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, HARRY Timm, a citi- Zen ofthe United States, residing .at 969 63d street, Oakland, in the countyof Alameda, State of California, have invented a new and usefulBarrel-Filling Stand, of

which the following is a specification in suoli full and clear terms aswill enable those skilled in the art to construct and'use the same.

This invention relates to a barrel stand used for the purpose of holdingbarrels, @asks or driuns at the proper elevation for lilling, auditsobject is to produce a stand which is capable of holding either drums.or barrels as the case may be.

lt will be understood by those skilled in the art that where a number ofdrums, casks or barrels are filled that there will be different kinds ofbarrels and drums some to be iilled on the side and some to he filledthrough an opening in the end.

`Where the drums are to he filled-from the side, it is necessary to holdthem in a fixedl position while being lled, while the stand for holdingthe drums is Anot suitable for.

holding barrels tobe filled from the end,

but the two stands must be eapableofimmediate and interchangeable use,since the barrels, easks and drums alternate progress to the attendantat the filling stands.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the stand as it appears when used forlling a barrel on the end.-

the complete ap- The stand comprises a holding base 1, Vwith a couple ofsteel wear plates 2 and 3 on its upper side. are two skids t and 5, saidskids being connected by means of cross bars 6, 7 and 8. The skids areprovided with a depression Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

Hinged to the base 1 9 in their tops to hold the drum steady and theyhave steel binding plates 10 and 11 to. prevent undue wear ofthe slopingends. Connected with the skids and Vwith the hase are two stiff springs12 and 13 which serve to normally hold 'the skids upright in theposition shown in Fig. 3. However, i

when the drum is to be filled, the skids are turned down 'as'shown in FiA hook 14 serves to hold the skids down when a drum is in a position tobe engaged with the projecting end ofthe cross piece 7, While a footpiece 16 enables an attendant to release the hook andv allow to theposition shown in Fig. 3, whenever he has to .till the short barrel.

Cleats 17 and 18 are used ltoconneet the h Lto be moved thereupon, andsaid hook has a spring 15 to hold itthe skids to spring up springs 12and 13 toV the stand and skids f respectively.

modiiieations may be made in the construction shown in the drawings andabove particularly described form, within the purview of my invention:

-' two level 1oarrel stand comprising av raised base, a pair of skidshinged to the hase, springs for holding the skids normally raisedsubstantially at right angles to thebase, and a latch for securing theskids horizontally against the base.

`in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day ofMarch, A.'D. 1920.

HARRY TIEKE.

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